Recording apparatus.



M. IRION & A. E. MUELLER.

RECORDINGAPPARATUS.

APPLICATION FILED NOV. 13. 1913.

PatenteMune 8, 192.5.

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WITNESSES I wzw M. IRiON & A. h. MUELLER.

. RECORDING APPARATUS APPLICATION FILED HOV.13.1913.

Patented June 8, 1915.

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WITNESSES //z@@/%W Aaozr [/70414 A? BY ATTORNEYS M. IRION & A. E.MUELLER.

R'ECORDlNG APPARATUS.

APPLICATION FILED NOV. 13, 19x3.

Patented June 8, 1915.

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M. lRiON & A. E. MUELLER.

RECORDING APPARATUS. APPLICATION FILED N0v.13. 1913.

PatentedJune 8, 1915 4 SHEETS-SHE,ET 4.

WiT/VESSES ATTORNEYS Referring to Fig. 9 of the drawing, will beobserved that the complete apparatus comprises a clock and recordingsection A and a speed indicating section B which includesnected to thefront plate 5 by a hinge joint 6, so thatthe plate can be swung open topermit access to the recording mechanism for the purpose of renewing therecord tape each day. A padlock 1 or other equivalent looking meansnormally holds the front plate or doors locked, so that no one cantamper with the recording" mechanism.

By reference to Figs. 1, 3 and 8, it will be observed that the minutehand 8 is driven by the shaft 9, which is connected by a train of speedreducing gears 10 with the hour hand 11. The shaft 9 is rotated by atrainof gears 12, 7, from the usual clock spring", not shown, such trainof being governed by an escapement mechanism 13 of ordinaryconstruction, his. 7 i

The clock mechanism besides indicating the time of day is operativelyconnected with an element of the tape feeding means the recorder, sothat the tape will travel in. timed relation with the hands out thecloclr. The recording tape'l t is fed from a spool'or reel 15 mounted inthe lower right hand corner of the clock section A, trom this reel thetape extends upwardly over and suitably mounted and has operativelyconnected therewith a pinion Q l'which meshes with a large gearwheel-25,- which gear wheel is driven by a spring 26 arranged within adrum 26 and adapted to be wound by a key applied to the squared end 27',Fig. 3, of the spring-winding shaft 28, Fig. 7. l he rate of feed of thetape it is controlled by the clock mechanism through the medium of atoothed wheel 30 which has a' pinion 31 meshing, with large gear wheel82 on the minute shaft 9 of the clock, as shown in Fig. The teeth 33 ofthe wheel 30 are sharp, so as to puncture the tape 1%, which is passedtangentially over the wheel 30, which is disposed between the platen.'16 and the guide means tieths of a mile.

pulleys 18 and 19. The toothed wheel 30 which acts as a drag inopposition to the spring; 26 for the tape-winding reel makes severalrevolutions per hour, while the wheel 32 makes one revolution, so thateach minute a suitable length of tape will pass over the platen toenable dots or marks to be made on the tape representing the mileage insix- The tape, as shown in Fig. 8, is divided into main hour divisions,and each hour division is divided into minute divisions which arenumbered consecutively from one to fifty-nine, and between adjacent mainsections of the tape are the hour numbers.

lfn 8 the number twelve on the tape represents the twelfth hour section,and with the tape in the position shown, the speed of travel of thevehicle between twelve and one o 'clock is'being' recorded, it beingunderstood that the tape is so positioned in the machine that the hournumbers on the tape will agree with the hours ofthe day. The markingdevice comprises a hammer 34: which is mounted in the speedometersection B of the apparatus, and operatively connected with thespeedometer mechanism so that the numbers of strokes of the marker willvary with, the speed of travel. The hammer 34 has a marking point ortype 35 so arranged as to make an impression on that portion of the tapel t that bears on the platen 16. An inking ribbon 36is interposedbetween the hammer and tape so.that the hammer will press the inkingribbon against the tape and produce an impression, the tape being fed inany suitable manner in synchronism with the operation of the hammer, sothat new portions of the tape will be presented to the marking tip.

in placing a tape in the recorder the blank tape will be in the form ofa roll applied to the reel 15 which is removably mounted on a shaft orpost 15 tastened to the frame of the section A, there being attached tothe reel 15 a milled knob 15 for conveniently turning the spool inrewinding the tape thereon. The "front plate 37, Fig. 8, on the frame ofthe section A is cut away or provided with a recess 38 so as tofacilitate the placing of the spool 15 on the post 15 or the removal ofthe spool. After'the spool with the tape thereon is placed in position,the tape is unwound and laid over the platen 16 and past the pulleys 1T,18 and 19 to the reel 20, the end oi the tape being engaged in a slit 20in the reel. The pulleys 18 and 19 are mounted on a lever 39, Figs. 1and 3, which is fulcrunied at t0 on the'frame of the section A, and thislever has a knob -l-1 which is adapted to be depressed to throw theguide pulleys 1S and 19 upwardly to such a position that the tape willbe clear of the teeth 33 on the'wheel 30, as shown in Fig. 3 by dottedlines. This is the pcsition of the leel ihe hammer "90 a herizon'ba lickex V U 5:61, the member 0 so as to lower the "tape arm (31 v A gemenfiwiv'h the toothed w ee 3 fl is dis 0 fie; controls the rate of feed ofmi 3 13w";

Hamel-steed that in a I e time of day "n we W e1- 1a- 100 w 'zhatpmfiio; moves 5 e e spondin tehe 0 Guy S weed directly epposi'ie thehammer, 3

the tape win I .eaching the ma ten 5 s1 W'th the he 1' of tum splng 0end ccnnected held 13 ijy manni- L he lea unwound i; previo m 1 vertlcrlIP13, bevel YLEOYSS and causes used in connection u gagethe t eth 80 thes Y8 is retracted i l 1 sites has projection 59 on holds the pet toothedperiphery oi The speedometer nee l 7 is connected with she in Q o I H" wgoals 8! lioiii s s i zhich is op 'Jteiw FMS osive mes-ii speed .oe handst;

qected i roe iulciumed e. A third L up iich meshes Wits e on asectionsshot 00 such later iming a gear wheel 1 l which meshes 431. oothe l7. or end of the s l on zvhich 103 that are "ic of the shaft 97'.

he weights are ow the scale :f/Ollfl this 13011 gill action isohtsiiiedhy series llo spiiiig which use arranged and rear groups and"lsst oed to iii-ins l 10S extending fOl'WEYtllj end resr'wsi'dly'springs are so oi'isnged that their t 1L3 parated trees one siiothei sothat the se We set si /el y the outward ovesoeiitoif the Weights, saidWei s lster ll y-ptojcctioiis 01 shuti. siged engage the ties T i- 1 m as illlf: sites. tile tips a); u s

have been moved it cer the springs e17 en 'idjeceet spring" so thatafter both 1c fer outtvsi'd EGSlS'iJ- once to both Weights, and f "'ller third spying cootiiises .oiove outwardly tinder so on until finallyall the springs sgemst the Weights. For 1Ii v er the speed has reachedten miles pee hour the first spring begins to against the eight-s, endas soon as the speed reaches ty miles per hour the first and second sci-ings combined set against the outward movement of the Weights, andwhen the speed is this? miles an hour the first three springs offs"i'esistsnce to the weights end so on until the springs site in action,

'lihe mileage i'egistei'iiig mechenism U is loceted in the bottomportion of the speedometer section A of the apparatus. in. the lowerpoi-tiers of the speedometer or face, es'shown iii Figs. 2 Ztlld' 9, arerows or soei'tui'es and 111 through Which are exposed dials l1? seeJectivel the uni'oW of number Wheels serving to indicstethe dailymileage and the lower iiui'nheiz Wheels sewing to indicate the totolmileage the vehicle has traveled since the installs.- tion of: theinstrument on the vehicle. Each shaft of the upper number Wheel 112 hasstsi' Wheel 115 with ten ratchet teeth and cooperating with each ratchetWheel is a pawl 01' holding devicellG in the 0-11 pivoted one having siolleelli' which is maintained in engagement with. its sdjeceiit zstchetWheel 115 by e spring 118 o on the lllD 116, as clearly shown ii Thefirst ratchet Wheel 0 has tooth pie which upon one rotetioii of the ifgages tooth oi Wheel 0', so es to move the latte. of revolution. Thisi'stchet also peovide-d Wih :1. pin 01 tooth oiie IQVOllllllOll of thewheel ci oi. teeth of the merit Wheel 0 so as to some one-tenth ofrevolution. on the Wheel 0 in it like reseller 4 tooth oi the ratchetWheel 0 so as to turn the some one-tenth of e revolution with everyrevolution oi the heel 0 The first number Wheel 1.12, that is to say,the one connected with the ratchet Wheel 0, iiidiczites the dis"si1cetraveled in tenths of a mile, the second wheel in units of miles, thethird Wheel in decimals of miles end the fourth wheel in hunoli-edths ofmiles, the I iiuiiiher Wheels being indicated by dotted lines in Fig.(3. The trains of ratchet Wheels ere actuated by some moving pert of thespeedometer. The shaft 58 on which the gee-i Wheel 58 is mounted has atits front end it pinion 119 Whichmeshcs With a large gear Wheel 120, i?5, there being on this gem: Wheel a projection 121 which as the ivheelrotates, engages once in each revolution so snnlQQ, Fig. 6, of s poshcarrying lever 11-3, such lever being new molly held raised by a springlfl lfllltl'l'llilll'lteiiied against it step 1 5. The lever has pivotedon its free end s depending pawl ivhich engages the first star Wheel 003% pr iection asses out of engagement. with he arm, en the latterswings upwardly is b reason of the tension of the spring 12%.

this movement of the arm 120 the pawlcarry ng lever 123 moves back andance equivalent to one tooth of heel c. The lower set of number 15wheels for, the total mileage registry is 1 royided with star or ratchetwheels (Z d, 7, (2 respectively, which are turned one by another in themanner described in connection wit 1 the upper set of star wheels. Thewheel (Z receives rotation from t' 1e star wheel 0 just ahove it, therebeing" a projection on the Wheel (2 so as to engage a tooth of the wheel(Z each time the wheel 0 makes relation, and consequently the first nu?wheel of the lower set will ndi sate 'iniles instead of tenths of milesas o the w eel on the upper set of number wheels, and as there are fournumber wheels the lower set it is possible to register as high as 9. 9%miles. Holding pawls like the for the upper set of star Wheels 1 withfor the lower set, as each rly shown in e'l, so as to t the star wheeland prevent thereof.

. of levers 88 91 93 and counterbalanced by a weight which as shown inFigs. tted 132 which overand while we of operation, '5 ich we now o "'1lent thereofl '2 hat the illustrative when no i 1e appei described on:

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lea spring 12? which is fastened on the wheel nisni for turning thelast-mentioned spool, clock-operated device for controlling the rate ofmovement of the tape, and guiding means constantly engaging the tape andmountedadjacent the said device adapted to be manually actuated torelease the tape from the said device and hold it released while thetape is rewound on the first-mentioned spool.

2. in a speed recording apparatus for yehicles, the combination of asupporting body, a spool mounted on the hodyand on which a record tapeis adapted to be wound, a tape-holding spool removable mounted on thesaid body and from which the tape nnwinds during" recording and on whichthe tape is adapted to he rewound after recording-, means for turningthe first-mentioned spool to wind the tape thereon, clock-operateddevice engaging the tape during recording to time the movement of thetape, and. a lever mounted on the body and arranged to engage the tape.for releasing the latter from said device during the rewinding; of thetape on the second-mentioned spooh said lever having a handle which isadapted to held by one hand to maintain the released from the saiddevice while the other hand actuates the first-mentiooed spool to rewindthe tape,

3. in a speed recording apparatus for vehicles, combination of a clockmechanism, a record tape feeding mechanism, toothed whcel geared to theclock mechanism to rotate in timed relation therewith and arranged tomesh with the tape, and device for throwing the same into and out ofengagement with the said wheel for permitting the removal or insertionof the tape, said device incliidinp means constantly engaged with theand on which the no passes.

peed recordin apparatus for ye a pair of reels for driving one thereonfrom turning said other reon, cloclr mechted with the clocl ate therev"h and having a "o perforate the 1 a lever,

ver connoving e rewindii L c. insertion in fixed relation to the toothedWheel and constantly engaging the tape between the toothed wheel and thedriven reel for movin the tape into and out of engagement \Tjl'th thetoothed Wheel.

6. ln a speed recording apparatus for vehicles, the combination of anim'pression producing element, a support forming the" axis for theelement and movable axially, a stepped Wheel movable" by step, a leverengaged with the Wheel to be moved step hystep thereby, a connectionbetween the lever and said support to move the latter step by step inthe direction oi. its axis, whereby the said element produces rows ofimpressions, means for swinging the element back and forth to produceimpressions, 'andmeans for returning the support to initial positionafter the row of impressions has been made;

'Z. a speed recording apparatus, the combination of a'swinging hammer,means for moimting the hammer to move laterally, mechanism for movingthe hammer laterally step by step in one direction, means for returningthe hammer in one step, a member connected with the'hammer for movingthe same away from striking position, means for moving the hammer on itsstriking stroke, a swinging member for actu nianeea ating the saidmechanism, and a rotating element movable into engagementwith the memberof the saidmechanism to actuate the same and into engagement With themember of the hammer for actuating the latter.

8. In a speed recording apparatus, the combination of a swinging hammer,means for supporting the hammer to move laterally, a lever connectedWith the said means for moving the hammer laterally, a stepped Wheelengaging the lever for moving the same step by step in one direction,means for m ving the lever in the opposite direction to initialposition, a pawl for moving the stepped Wheel step by step, a springconnected With the hammer for moving the same on the striking stroke, amember on the hammer, and a rotating device arranged to actuatellllQDilWl and to engage the arm of the hammer for moving the sameagainst the tension of the said spring.

lln testimony whereof We have signed our names to this specification inthe presence of two subscribing witnesses.

MIhTTIIEVV lRlON. ADOLF E. MUELLER.

Witnesses FRED J. ltrnenn, ED. C. CRAWFORD.

